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jsummerfield
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Initially Posted - 01/13/2003 : 12:28:10

I plan to haul a fixed keel Catalina 25 out for repair including a bottom job. I want to store the boat out of the water long enough to justify a trailer. What manufactures, models, contacts etc. sell suitable trailers. Also, contact me if you have such a trailer for sell or know a contact with a trailer for sail. Email my home at jsummerfield@houston.rr.com and office, john.summerfield@halliburton.com.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/13/2003 : 13:29:13

John,

Firstly, a C25 fin is not the type of boat one would trailer on a regular basis due to it's deep draft and buying a trailer just to do a bottom job might be a bit much. If you need something to keep your boat upright on land while you do a bottom job, you may want to consider boat stands, that's if your marina has a travel lift to move your boat around(My marina doesn't have dry storage, so I sail to one that does). Boat stands are relatively inexpensive and portable,
and will enable you to have full access to the hull whereas if it were on a trailer you would have to work around the trailer. Just something to consider.

Don Lucier, 'North Star'
C25 SR/FK
Cradled on the hard, 200ft from Lake Erie

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Mark Maxwell
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Response Posted - 01/14/2003 : 01:14:28

Hi John, trailering a fin is not that big of a deal. Launching it is a different technique, but after you have done it a few times that becomes easy too. Amazingly enough it actually sits lower than a <u>C250</u> wing on a trailer.

<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3df32b3127cce93e2d8f5fbd50000001410" border=0>

However, the purchase of a trailer <i>just</i> to do a bottom job is a bit much. For that alone it would be hard to justify. As Don pointed out, boat stands would be the way to go. But if your situation requires a trailer, mine was built by Trailrite out of Santa Ana, CA. They have built many C25 trailers and already know what is needed for our boats, no matter what keel you have. Here is thier web site. http://www.trailrite.com/

Good luck

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Mark-
'Impulse'
C25 #533 DINN/FIN ~_/)~

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 01/14/2003 : 06:21:15

Mark, nice picture of your trailered boat. It is way <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>.

I'm wondering about the placement of the boat on the trailer. It looks to my eye to be a bit forward. My first thought was that it needed a support for the bow, but then I sensed a slight tilt down at the bow because of too much tongue weight. I don't think osmepneo has that much bow extending off the front of her cradle.

Just some initial reactions.

Don Peet
c25, 1665, osmepneo, sr/wk
The Great Sacandaga Lake, NY

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lcharlot
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Response Posted - 01/14/2003 : 09:06:18

"Quiet Time" also sits bow-down on the trailer. This is a problem for drainage in the winter time, as I have to jack the front of the trailer as far as the jack will go, then raise it some more with a separate jack, just to get the boat tilted backwards enough for the cockpit to drain adequately when it is raining. I recently priced a new trailer from DHM here in Sacramento: $7700. This is for a 10,500 GVWR tandom axle, Galvanized, disc brakes, and ez-roller supports with 32 rollers. Is this price about average compared with other manufacturers for this kind of trailer?

Larry Charlot
Catalina 25 #1205 "Quiet Time"
Sacramento, CA

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MattL
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Response Posted - 01/14/2003 : 15:09:10

Larry,
I got my trailer from trailright a couple of years ago in Lodi. I paid $5.5k + tax and license. Was told a trailer for a wing or swing keel boat would be $5k. In the 5.5 is $100 extra for the tongue wheel for launching. I find, except for having to disconnect and tie off with a tow stap, launching and retriving the boat easier with the fin keel than my old Santana 21 with a swing keel. Going in at the dropped angle helps to get the boat further up on the trailer. With the Santana I'd always get wet pushing and pulling the boat on straight. The Cat just falls right into place.

Matt/Brigitte Loeffler
E.C. Rider
Cat 25 86'
FK/SR _/)

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